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With research staff from more than 70 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

David Spielman

David Spielman is the director of IFPRI’s Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit and has been with the institute since 2004. His research agenda covers a range of topics including agriculture and rural development policy; agricultural science, technology, and innovation; plant genetic resources and seed systems; agricultural extension and advisory services; and community-driven rural development.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 480 employees working in over 70 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

From Famine to Food Security: Meeting the Challenge in the Horn of Africa

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International Food Policy Research Institute

2033 K Street, NW. Fourth Floor Conference Facility

Washington, United States

August 11, 2011

  • 12:01 – 12:01 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 12:01 – 12:01 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 9:31 – 9:31 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI Special Event with Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa Thursday, August 11, 2011.

Secretary Clinton discussed the ongoing international humanitarian response, as well as how the crisis in the Horn of Africa shows the urgency of investing in sustained food security through efforts such as Feed the Future, the U.S. Government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

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